22 - 19th July, 2024 - Term 3, Week 1
Principal's News
Dear Families,
Welcome back, everyone! It has been a wet start to the week and a busy start to the term. Today, the staff participated in the second Structured Literacy day. This day focused on the second hour of the literacy block, which is writing. It emphasized the use of the Hochman Method (The Writing Revolution), a strategy already in use at OLSH and teachers have received training. The day demonstrated how staff can apply their existing knowledge as part of the Structured Literacy process.
This week also marks the beginning of the next round of DIBELS testing, where the data will be used to track students' progress and develop strategies to help all students improve.
Next week, we welcome back Mrs. Gallagher from her travels on Tuesday.
Parent-teacher interviews will be held on Monday and Tuesday next week. If you have not scheduled a time, please log onto SIMON and make an appointment. We are also starting our Homeless Awareness activities. For Grades Three to Six, we have guest speakers from MASP speaking to the students on Monday afternoon. Grades Prep to Two will be doing activities in their classrooms throughout the week. All activities are designed to be age-appropriate. This will be followed by several weeks of fundraising activities organised by the student leaders. Information about these activities will be provided next week. Knowledge and awareness of issues such as these are a strong part of Catholic social teaching and our identity as a Catholic school.
The NAPLAN results are back. The Parent-teacher interviews will be a great time to collect these.
Adam Lawrence
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Religious Education News
- Sacrament of First Holy Communion (Grade 4 & Above)
- Parent Information Meeting: Wednesday August 28th at 7pm at Sacred Heart Church
- First Communion Masses: Friday 25th, Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October 2024
- Sacrament of First Reconciliation (Grade 2 & Above)
- Parent Information Meeting: Wednesday October 16th at 7pm at Sacred Heart Church
- Sacrament Masses: Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 6 or 7pm at Sacred Heart Church.
150th Anniversary of the Diocese of Ballarat: In preparation of the Diocesan Assembly in November 2024 there will be formation sessions held around the diocese with a focus on leadership and governance.
If you are interested in participating in the formation sessions, which will be run by Fr. Justin Driscoll, please contact the parish office.
Parent Teacher Interviews are NEXT WEEK
Bookings are open on SIMON Everywhere
- Parent Teacher Meetings are taking place on the 22nd & 23rd July.
SSG Meetings
Bookings are open on SIMON Everywhere
- SSG Meetings are taking place on the 29th July & 1st August.
Sports News - ATHLETICS DAY CHANGES
OLSH Athletics Day will go through some changes this year. We will be moving the day to the Mildura Little Athletics Track so that the children are familiar with a variety of athletic events.
Date: Tuesday September 10th 2024
More details regarding the day will be sent home early next term.
Thank you to the Gregg Family!
We would like to send out a VERY BIG thank you to the Gregg family who have once again kindly donated food for our chooks.
Happy Birthday
We wish the following students a Happy Birthday in the coming week:
- Indi Barnes - 19th July - 7 yrs
- Rylee Wilson - 20th July - 7 yrs
- Evelyn Matulic - 22nd July - 10 yrs
- Amy Roberts - 27th July - 9 yrs
- Kelly Waters - 28th July - 6 yrs
Prep News
Welcome to Term 3!
I hope you all had a wonderful break.
Student Reports - These are now available on SIMON Everywhere. Instructions on how to view these are on the document below.
Reading- Well done to all students who continued to read over the holidays. Please make sure you are reading each night and practising word books as well.
Show and Tell- A new list was sent home last term. Please let me know if you would like a new sheet. Week 2’s topic is ‘Something that starts with Cc’.
100th day- This is coming up very soon on Monday of Week 3. On this day we will complete lots of fun activities. A note came home on Monday with an activity to complete at home. These can be sent into school at anytime.
Assembly- On Friday the 2nd of August the Preps will be presenting at assembly. Everyone is welcome to come along.
Looking forward to seeing everyone over the next couple of weeks at Parent Teacher Interviews and SSG Meetings. Please contact the office if you haven't booked an appointment.
Week One
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me during office hours, either the SeeSaw app or email:
Rebecca Appledore- rappledore@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
Grade 1 News
What a great start to Term 3! We welcomed our new student Klara with open arms on Monday, it was fantastic to see all the students being helpful to Klara, we wish her all the best for her time here at OLSH. Although it is a short week, it has been jam packed with lots of learning.
In Literacy we started to focus on combining two short sentences together to help improve our writing.
In Mathematics we learnt about horizontal, vertical, sloping and parallel lines.
A reminder that library is still on Mondays and Show & Tell has started back up for this term. The Show & Tell roster has been posted onto See Saw.
Enjoy the long weekend!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me during office hours, either the SeeSaw app or email:
Grace Laity- glaity@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
Grade 2 News
It has been lovely to have all our students return from holidays, happy and excited to be back!
We have jumped straight into learning some new topics this week.
Mathematics: We have be looking at flips, slides and turns using 2D shapes and have now moved onto place value.
Writing: We are learning about topic sentences and supporting details in paragraphs and the students have written some supporting details for different topic sentences.
Geography: Yesterday the students learnt about Australia's place in the world and the different continents. They were surprised to learn that some of the continents used to be joined but separated over time!
Science: This term we will be learning about 'forces' and how they act on objects.
Reminders:
*Please remember to book in for a PT interview for next week.
*SSG meetings- if your child is on an ILP you will be able to book a SSG meeting instead of a PT interview. These take place in Week 3. If your child is on an ILP at QDTP level you will need to book a PT interview. Please email or SeeSaw me if you are not sure.
Have a great weekend!
Lisa
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me during office hours, either the SeeSaw app or email:
Lisa Ryan - lryan@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
Grade 3 & 4 News
Welcome to term 3 everyone! We hope that you all enjoyed the break from the school routine and are ready for another busy term of learning.
This term we welcome back Lily and Violet Barlow to our classes. Lily has joined 3/4L and Violet is in 3/4P. We are sure that everyone will make them feel welcome.
This term in Science our focus is Life Cycles and in History we will be researching an early Australian explorer.
During Structured Literacy this term we will be focusing on our typing skills and learning how to touch type using two hands. Some children already seem to be a natural at this!
Adam and I look forward to meeting with parents at our Parent Teacher Interviews next Monday and Tuesday.
NAPLAN results have just arrived and are ready to be collected. The Parent Teacher Interviews would be a great time to do this.
Jullie and Adam
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me during office hours, either the SeeSaw app or email:
3/4 L: Adam Lawrence – alawrenc@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
3/4 P: Julie Phelan – jphelan2.3@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
3/4P (Friday's): Emma Garraway - ewood@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
3/4P working hard on their typing skills.
Congratulations to Beau, Wyatt, and Aston on gaining their pen license this week!
Grade Five News
It's been a positive and productive week in Grade 5 this week. Some students have been a little tired but everyone is doing their best. The high point for me was that we had 100% of students read each night this week. This is so good for the student's reading development.
In literacy we are reading and writing to learn about how Australian people, places and culture are similar or different to Europe and North America. We have looked at maps of continents and countries and discussed why Australia has many similarities with Europe and North America. Literacy and Geography will be studied together for the first half of the term.
In Maths we had fun looking at simple financial plans as well as addition and subtraction number patterns. This term we will continue to work on our number facts starting with the 6 times tables. Regular practice at home is very beneficial.
I'm looking forward to meeting many of you at next week's parent teacher meetings and sharing the progress your child has made this year so far.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me during office hours, either the SeeSaw app or email:
Cheryl-Anne Courtney - ccourtney@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
Grade 6 News
-It’s been a short but busy week. I am pleased to see the number of children who have gotten right back into the home reading routine and those that have been bringing their diary’s to school.
-This term we have started a Geography unit on Asia. The children showed a lot of interest in getting to know more about some of the counties in Asia and they were keen at the idea of completing a project on one of the countries. This will be completed at school, we started the research this week.
-Our assembly will finally take place next Friday, 26 th of July. So if you are able to come along, it will be great to see you there!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me by email and I will respond during office hours:
Tana Lawrence - tlawrence@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
General News
School Advisory Council Members:
Thel O’Shea, Hannah Mills, Grant Finlayson, Courtney Portaro, Amy Cupper, Sandra Hammet, Lana Borchard, Adam Lawrence (Staff Rep) & Narelle Gallagher (Principal).
Change of details:
Please contact the office if you have had a change of details. Phone: 50252258 or Email: admin@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
Bell Times
8.30am | Supervision of students begin. Classrooms are remained closed. |
8.45am | Classrooms are opened for reading time. |
8.55am | Organisational bell (students go to the toilet, get a drink, be in line before music ends). |
9.00am | Teachers collect students from their line and proceed into class. |
11.00am | Recess bell. |
11.25am | Organisational bell (students go to the toilet, get a drink, be in line before music ends). |
11.30am | Teachers collect students from their line and proceed into class. |
1.30pm | Lunch bell. |
1.40pm | Students are to finish eating and go and play. |
2.20pm | Organisational bell rings (students go to the toilet, get a drink, be in line before music ends). |
2.25pm | Teachers collect students from their line and proceed into class. |
3.10pm | NSW bus bell. |
3.25pm | End of day bell rings. |
SIMON Everywhere App
This can be downloaded from either the Google Play Store or the Apple Store. The app has been updated earlier this year and an email was sent out to parents. If you are having issues with logging in, can you please contact Mia in the office.
Student Medical Profile
Medical Profile: Please make sure that the school has been notified of any changes that have been made to your child’s Medical Profile on PAM and to also include this on the pink Parental Authority and Consent Form each year.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT TO MAKE OLSH AWARE OF ANY CHANGES.
Parent Notified Absence
If your child is unwell and will be absent from school, you are able to complete a Parent Notified Absence (PNA) on the SIMON Everywhere App or Parent Access Module (PAM) which will automatically notify the teacher and a text message will not be sent.
Newsletters
These are distributed every Friday on SIMON Everywhere and the OLSH Website. Please contact us if at any time you have any queries or require any further explanation about events, dates etc. Any items for the newsletter are asked to be handed in at the office by 9.00am on Friday.
Attendance & Sign in
A reminder to parents that the school needs to be notified of a student absence by 10 am on the day. This can be done by calling the school office or by using SIMON Everywhere or sending an email to admin@olsmerbein.catholic.edu.au.
Second Hand Uniform
Please contact the school if you require any second hand uniform.
